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Everyone looked at Ning Rongrong in surprise, then turned to Yu Xiaogang.
Yu Xiaogang's just-raised smile instantly froze. He stared at Ning Rongrong in disbelief, then roared furiously, "Impossible! Why does the Sun Moon Empire deny my theories? What right do they have? My theories have been recognized by the Spirit Hall, by the Pope! What right do they have to evaluate my theories?"
Seeing Yu Xiaogang's eyes turn red and him slowly losing control, Flender grabbed Yu Xiaogang and shouted,
"Xiaogang, calm down!"
Looking at the distraught Yu Xiaogang, Tang San glared at Ning Rongrong with killing intent.
Dare to question his teacher, Ning Rongrong, the Sun Moon Empire has chosen its path to death.
"Ning Rongrong, apologize to Teacher! Teacher's theories cannot be wrong. How could those who don't understand the truth of the matter know of Teacher's greatness?"
"Tang San, I originally thought you were quite smart, but now it seems you are the biggest fool," Ning Rongrong said, unafraid of offending anyone, looking at Tang San with pity.
"I've also read that book. How could a mere Spirit Grandmaster accurately determine the spirit ring absorption limits for each Spirit Master stage? And even be precise down to a single digit?"
"Don't you know there are already Spirit Masters with a thousand-year second spirit ring?"
Unlike before, this time, the group did not encounter Meng Yiran. With the elixirs sold by the Sun Moon Empire, Meng Yiran broke through to level 30 much earlier.
And when Tang San went to pursue the Titan Giant Ape, he borrowed a flying spirit tool from Ning Rongrong, so he pursued deeper and did not encounter that Man-Faced Demon Spider.
Instead, he absorbed a 1,500-year-old Cave Spider and did not obtain an external Spirit Bone.
Ning Rongrong's third spirit ring was also within her original limit. After being nourished by various heavenly treasures from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, although she could exceed the limit in absorbing her third spirit ring, due to her Spirit, she did not choose to exceed the limit in absorbing a spirit ring at Shrek.
Therefore, the Shrek group still did not know that Spirit Masters could exceed the spirit ring limit in absorption.
"A thousand-year second spirit ring!" The few who didn't know the situation looked at Ning Rongrong in shock.
Ning Rongrong, who saw everyone's reactions, was somewhat surprised. She looked at them in confusion: "Don't you all pay attention to news in the Spirit Master's world? Three years ago, during the Soul Master Competition, Xu Nianshuang revealed her thousand-year second spirit ring, and the Sun Moon Empire also provided an explanation: as long as a Spirit Master's physical quality is strong enough and their will is firm enough, spirit rings below ten thousand years theoretically have no level restrictions."
Ning Rongrong's gaze made Flender and the others a bit awkward. Their information was indeed blocked, and they could no longer keep up with the pace of changes on the continent.
"Even so, it doesn't prove that Teacher's theories are wrong. It's with the support of Teacher's theories that I, with the trash Spirit of Blue Silver Grass, have been able to cultivate to my current realm," Tang San still believed Yu Xiaogang and stepped forward to retort.
"Tang San, you are truly pitiful," Ning Rongrong looked at Tang San with pity, and in response to his confused gaze, she continued, "You say you have innate full spirit power, but ordinary Blue Silver Grass simply cannot support innate full spirit power, so your Spirit is definitely not ordinary Blue Silver Grass."
"Although I haven't seen her, the third-ranked genius of the Sun Moon Empire, her Spirit is a mutated Blue Silver Grass. She is the same age as us, and I heard she has already advanced to Soul Sect."
"Soul Sect!"
This time, not only Tang San and Yu Xiaogang were surprised, but even Flender and the others were shocked.
"Third?"
"A twelve-year-old Soul Sect can only rank third. How terrifying, then, are the first and second geniuses of the Sun Moon Empire?"
"The second genius of the Sun Moon Empire is Xu Nianshuang, who is rumored to be the number one genius on the continent. In fact, within the Sun Moon Empire, she can only rank second. As for the first, it is their mysterious Crown Prince.
No one has ever truly seen him fight; they only know that ever since he awakened his Spirit, he has been called the most talented in ten thousand years," Ning Rongrong said slowly, looking at everyone.
Zhu Zhuqing's mind couldn't help but flash with Xu Tianyang's figure... Dai Mubai and the others' minds couldn't help but conjure an image: an indistinct figure, with his back to everyone, no matter how much those behind him chased, they could never keep up with his pace.
Suddenly, a terrifying pressure surged forth, making people feel suffocated.
"Is that third person also a Blue Silver Grass Spirit?"
"How can a Blue Silver Grass Spirit cultivate so quickly? Has the Sun Moon Empire mastered a special cultivation method for Blue Silver Grass?" Tang San didn't think too much about this, looking at Ning Rongrong anxiously and asking, eager to know everything about Yang Yiyi.
"How would I know? How could they make such a secret public? I only know that they certainly wouldn't cultivate according to the so-called 'Ten Core Competencies of Spirits,'" Ning Rongrong rolled her eyes at Tang San, saying speechlessly.
Having suffered another critical blow, Yu Xiaogang's face immediately turned liver-colored.
"Alright, alright, how the Sun Moon Empire operates is their business. Let's focus on our special training. You all aren't bad; perhaps in the future, you'll even have a chance to compete on the same stage," Flender said, seeing the shattered expressions of everyone, quickly changing the subject.
Seeing this, Yu Xiaogang looked at Tang San, regained his confidence, and said, "I need to understand your specific situations. Next, Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing step forward. You will have a solo Soul Duel."
Yu Xiaogang wanted to establish Tang San's prestige within the team from the start, gradually cultivating him into the core of the team, and building Shrek into a team that served Tang San.
Currently, among the seven members of the team, six are Soul Elders. Ning Rongrong and Oscar are excluded. Xiao Wu and Tang San are childhood sweethearts, so they wouldn't have a deterrent effect. Dai Mubai's spirit power level is too high, posing a risk of an upset.
Zhu Zhuqing was just right, with a spirit power of level 34, three levels higher than Tang San, not too much, not too little. She was also an agility-attack type Spirit Master, who is countered by control-type Spirit Masters. This round, the advantage was with Tang San.
Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing stood opposite each other, their Spirits manifesting.
Zhu Zhuqing crouched low, staring coldly at Tang San, like a predator watching her prey. Three Soul Rings—two yellow and one purple—appeared on her body simultaneously, and a cold, sharp aura brought a suffocating feeling.
spirit rings of the same colors also appeared on Tang San's body. Dark blue vines spread along the ground, like dark blue pythons silently undulating, covering an area with a diameter of over ten meters around Tang San's body.
As soon as the battle began, the situation exceeded Yu Xiaogang's expectations.
Tang San, as a control-type Spirit Master, not only failed to gain the upper hand but was completely suppressed by Zhu Zhuqing, an agility-attack type Spirit Master.
She held two short-bladed, level four spirit tools in her hands, and Tang San's Blue Silver Grass simply couldn't withstand their sharpness.
In just one exchange, Tang San's three main Spirit Abilitys were directly rendered useless; they couldn't stop Zhu Zhuqing's advance at all.